Risk of Cryptosporidium parvum transmission between hospital roommates

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 947-950

  Bruce, Beau B ^a   Blass, Mitchell A ^a   Blumberg, Henry M ^a   Lennox, Jeffrey L ^a   del Rio, Carlos ^a   Horsburgh, C Robert ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ISOLATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034451943     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318147     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Cryptosporidiosis: Sources of infection and guidelines for prevention
2. Cryptosporidium infection and CD4 counts
3. Spiramycin is not effective in treating diarrhea in infants: Results of a double-blind randomized trial
4. Nosocomial outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in AIDS patients
5. The infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum in healthy volunteers
6. A massive outbreak in Milwaukee of Cryptosporidium infection transmitted through the public water supply
7. Cryptosporidiosis in Wisconsin: A case-control study of post-outbreak transmission
8. Cryptosporidiosis in hospital personnel: Evidence for person-to-person transmission
9. An outbreak of Cryptosporidium diarrhea in a pediatric hospital
10. Cryptosporidiosis among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus
11. Guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals